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Constituency

29. Goalpokhar

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West Bengal Assembly Election, 1996

WB-GOALPOKHAR

FBL 54.5%won by 31.2%INC 23.3%

What changed here

Derived

FBL held the seat; the winning margin widened from 9.1% to 31.2%.

  • Safe seatFBL won by more than 25 points — a stronghold, not a contest.
  • Multi-cornered3 candidates cleared 5% — a genuinely multi-cornered fight.

Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.

Electorate
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not in source
Turnout
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not in source
Valid votes
1,02,828
Margin
32,063
31.18%

Candidates

5 contested · winner FBL
  1. 1HAFIZ ALAM SAIRANIFBL · FBL55,99854.5%
  2. 2MD. MUSTAFAIndian National Congress · INC23,93523.3%
  3. 3POORANMAL MAHESWARIBharatiya Janata Party · BJP17,90517.4%
  4. 4MD. SAHABUDDIN ASRAFCpi(M (L)L) · CPIMLL3,6933.6%
  5. 5SAMSUDDINMUL · MUL1,2971.3%

Since 1991

Derived
Winner then
FBL
Winner now
FBL
FBL–INC swing
+22.1%
FBL share
40.9% → 54.5%
INC share
31.8% → 23.3%
Turnout
— → —
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